It's understandable, I don't expect anyone to have any right answers right now, I certainly don't.
Protests following the killing of George Floyd
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It's understandable, I don't expect anyone to have any right answers right now, I certainly don't.
Was just skimming through the thread. Your friends situation is quite similar to this tweet, the people in which are getting shamed for no reason.
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I normally disagree with UKIP. And here, I also disagree with them. Of course not everyone is rioting, but those who are are not contributing to the solution; they are actively detracting from it.
You can make change in certain ways but posting quotes on social media and vandalising properly doesn’t do anything. Never has, never will.
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That isn't actually true
All I can see is that riots divert from any sort of meaningful progress which can be made.
1) Some part of this news cycle has been diverted from the actual message of police brutality and equality to the riots which have took place.
2) Rioting hurts the community, white and black people all over the place will be effected by it (whether they own the shops which are being rioted or are living in the neighbourhood and are scared)
3) Gives right-wing media and persons an excuse to talk about the riots and play up racist stereotypes (i.e. black people are unhinged) which have contributed to past instances of police brutality. This in turn means that more people are radicalised to conform to this point of view.
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Believe it was posted last night that her profile was quickly deactivated.
That's a PR disaster for an influencer, she made her accounts private.
It would have a been more productive to actually help the guy.
you get what you deserve, influencers.In this instance the doxxing and calling for her life to be ruined seem a bit ott.
Or am I missing something other than her being a twat who wants to post a picture of her holding a drill on insta?
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You neglect the fact that the news cycle wouldn't be as big without it, also the reaction of the establishment against it, and the narrative some chose exposes their agendas.
Riots create pressure for the establishment.
Also, be aware that the protests against these types of things did not start with rioting, and I am not talking about just this incident. There have been plenty of other protests and measures taken before this thing turned into a situation where rioting became a thing.
Riots in HK is anyone saying that is detracting from their agenda?
I take that point on board but I would still argue that there are less positives than negatives when it comes to the effect of rioting.
I disagree the person reading the quotes might actually be propelled to make some kind of change and the vandalism well am sure the powers don’t want any of it so they might be a little more sympathetic when it comes to negotiations.
Vid of this from another angle (at 33 secs) and you also see another one hit the female reporter as she was getting out the way
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I donated what i could spare to NAACP the other day. I didn't do that much research tbh.
It's not fair! She said "good job guys" she said "BLM". What more do you want?
You can guarantee that Trump has had every one of those vetted to ensure they are 100% raging Trump mentalists.
The way she threw out that “BLM” at the end of the video was beyond cringeworthy, it’s clearly nothing more than a hashtag and sound byte to her vapid mind.
That said, she doesn’t deserve having her life destroyed by the twitter mob. If all that’s happened is her followers and likes have disappeared then fine, but with the camera zooming on her licence plate I imagine she’s been targeted by now.
I want her to make a valuable contribution to society.
Nothing personal against her but I want all influencers to face the same fate as all organisms during the K-T extinction.
Size of the cnut at the back right. I know he’s on a kerb, but goddamn that’s a long mutha ducker.
What did the UKIP tweet say?
Someone asked what the point of rioting and protesting was, UKIP replied that candles and prayers don't achieve anything and the anger was understandable
Oh wow they deleted it Of course they did. Must have got too many complaints from the racists.
Of course they did. Must have got too many complaints from the racists.UKIP deleted their tweet? Someone is in trouble.
My initial reaction to this was to assume it was an sarcastic post from someone opposed to Trump!
WTF
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There is something strange about that, who is "you"? She doesn't know who killed her but accuse someone?